Benchill is an area in the

Wythenshawe Wythenshawe () is a district of the city of Manchester, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in Cheshire, Wythenshawe was transferred in 1931 to the City of Manchester, which had begun building a massive housing estate there in the ...

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south of

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, in

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. In 2000, Benchill was named in the

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as the most deprived

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in England. Following a review by the

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, Benchill was disestablished as a local government ward in 2003, and the area divided between the neighbouring wards of

Sharston Sharston is an area of Wythenshawe, south Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 census was 16,754. History Built on former farming land (as was most of Wythenshawe when the estate was first being built in the 1920s), the area was in ...

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, and

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. Benchill gained national media attention in February 2007 when then-

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visited the estate and was targeted by a group of youths, one of whom made a gun gesture with his hand towards him. The incident was photographed by the press.

Services

Benchill tram stop Benchill is a tram stop for Phase 3b of the Manchester Metrolink Manchester Metrolink (branded locally simply as Metrolink) is a tram/ light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. The network has 99 stops along of standard-gauge ro ...

, on the Airport Line, opened in 2014. Benchill is policed by the Wythenshawe Neighbourhood Policing Team.

References

Areas of Manchester History of Manchester Wythenshawe {{GreaterManchester-geo-stub